Kamala Harris has quietly popped back into the news cycle with what Democrats and their media friends are calling her newfound “f— it” energy — a phrase traced back to a friend’s description that the vice president has reached a moment of “I’m not going to please everybody.” Reporters and profiles have highlighted that comment as a sign she’s stopped performing for the press and is trying instead to define herself on her own terms.
Conservative commentators on Newsmax were quick to note what this really looks like: panic dressed up as defiance. Longtime critics like Larry Elder have been sounding this alarm for years, arguing Harris’s accomplishments are often propped up by identity politics rather than results, and they see this latest “energy” as a last-ditch PR pivot rather than leadership.
Make no mistake: this isn’t a quirky personality moment, it’s a symptom of a party in free fall. When a major-party leader’s most visible response to scrutiny is to be told she’s reached a “forget the critics” turning point, that’s not strength — it’s admission of weakness and a publicity house of mirrors for a party that has no answers for rising crime, inflation, and an open border. This is the real Democrat meltdown: theatrics instead of policy.
The Biden-Harris operation has been forced to elevate style over substance as President Biden’s own vulnerabilities have become impossible to paper over, and Harris has tried to step into the gap. But stepping up doesn’t mean campaigning on catchphrases while voters worry about their paychecks and safety; Americans want competence, not clever soundbites. Conservative voters see through the performance to the same hollow, unchecked momentum that has defined the left’s approach for years.
Meanwhile, liberal outlets and social media pundits have rushed to sanitize and celebrate the line as empowerment, but that spin won’t fix the Democrats’ deeper problems. Publications sympathetic to Harris have framed it as liberation from trying to please everybody, yet public polling and on-the-ground frustration suggest the party’s leadership crisis goes far deeper than a personality makeover. The left’s attempt to rebrand frustration as authenticity is thin cover for a party that can’t defend its record.
Conservatives should treat this moment for what it really is: an opportunity. When the opposition resorts to slogans and theatrical bravado, it means their policy case is collapsing and their voters are being asked to clap for optics instead of outcomes. We need to keep pushing the tangible wins — border security, economic growth, law and order — and remind Americans that real leadership delivers results, not slogans.
Let the Democrats hold their tantrums and performative “moments.” Hardworking Americans don’t need pep talks; they need leaders who will fight for them and produce results. If Harris wants to talk about having “f— it” energy, fine — let her have the theatrics while conservatives offer substance, steady governance, and the record of the president’s wins that keep delivering for this country.
